Our Training Programs & Services
We promote entrepreneurship by developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions and training programs that foster entrepreneurial thinking and behavior. In our training programs, we use evidence-based training contents and apply action-oriented training approaches. Research has shown that action-oriented approaches, in which participants are learning by doing, outperform other (more conventional and lecture-based) training courses. While our training programs are based on scientific evidence and have been evaluated to the highest empirical standards, we are aware that no intervention is ever perfect. We therefore continuously re-evaluate our training programs to further deepen the theoretical and practical understanding of how our programs can be most effective in benefitting participants, societies and the environment. To this end, we invest in creating new training designs and formats in line with the UN's SDGs. Among these are...
- digital training and project management formats to make training programs accessible to a larger number of people and to actively manage our carbon footprint
- training programs that foster sustainable entrepreneurship to promote business ideas and implementations with a positive impact on society and the environment
- adaptations of training materials to underprivileged target groups with limited or no access to higher education
- agripreneurship training programs to foster sustainable growth in rural areas
- training programs for workers to promote wage employment and decent work conditions
Training Programs
Personal Initiative (PI) Training
PI Training is the training program that aims at enhancing personal initiative behavior in individuals that either have their own business (all sectors incl. agriculture) or have already started their professional careers as employees.
Personal Initiative (PI) TrainingStudent Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP)
STEP is our entrepreneurship training program targeted particularly at individuals with limited or no entrepreneurial experience. Strengthening entrepreneurial thinking and skills is beneficial both for starting a business and for wage-employment.
Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP)Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Michael Gielnik
Consulting Services
Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about effective training design and rigorous impact evaluations.
New Training Development
Improving Existing Training Designs
Rigorous Impact Evaluations
